Thinking Christian

I have good news. Lots of it. I’ve been holding out on you too long, and I need to pass it along. It's about bad news getting better — amazingly better. It happened slowly, and gradually, but in retrospect it ...
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Photo: snapshot I took during Christian leadership meeting mentioned below, led by James Robison, in the Life Today TV studio. (It was not televised.) It’s happening — at last! Step by step, this past year or two, I've been building ...
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(Also published at The Stream.) What is marriage? What is it for? Why does marriage matter? Ten years ago, those were the hottest questions on the planet. Now they’re ... nothing. No one even asks anymore, at least not in ...
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Everyone's in a rush to find their "authentic self." We're going about it the wrong way, though. We find our true selves by giving up false gods and finding the true God. We've missed his reality, however.  Even Christians have, ...
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I’m writing this during the winter storm of February 3, 2022. So far it’s turning out less disruptive than what we’d prepped for, when earlier forecasts had said we could get nearly half an inch of freezing rain. That would ...
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Christians aren't supposed to say we have the one truth, right? So goes the opinion around our culture, anyway. We're supposed to be "humble" about our beliefs; to give equal worth and respect to all other beliefs. That's what culture ...
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The Apologetics Fellowship at a special-invite luncheon with conference speaker Alisa Childers. It’s time for an update on ministry, especially for prayer and financial supporters. It’s time, too, for thankfulness to God and to you, because I am seeing my ...
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Faith vs. Science: It feels like David approaching Goliath, with no sling and no stones. Or at least, that's the way a lot of people want us to feel it. As pastor, you know there's pressure on Christians to deny ...
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Alisa Childers, gifted speaker, former ZOEgirl singer, and author of the outstanding book Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity, graciously invited me on her podcast to talk about my own book Too Good to Be ...
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Updated: See the summary explainer article at The Stream! Critical race theory: Could you preach on it in church? Teach it in a small group? How would you approach it? Should you even address it in church? That last question ...
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